laminated materials
121Paperboard — Corrugated fiberboard made from paperboard Paperboard is a thick paper based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker (usually over 0.25 mm/0.010 in or 10 points)… …
122Japanese carpentry — is distinguished by its advanced joinery and its finely planed wood surfaces. Japanese carpenters use a different set of tools and techniques from European carpenters. They also use different conventions of marking out. ToolsThese are the tools… …
123Wide-format printer — Wide format printers (also called plotters ) are generally accepted to be any printer with a print width between 17 and 100 . Printers over the 100 mark may be called Super Wide or Grand format. Wide format printers are used to print banners,… …
124Vapor barrier — 6 mil Polyethylene plastic sheet as vapor barrier between insulation and gypsum board …
125Housewrap — defines all synthetic replacement materials for sheathing tar paper. These materials are all lighter in weight and usually wider than asphalt designs, so contractors can apply the material much faster to a house shell. Housewrap functions as a… …
126adhesive — adhesively, adv. adhesiveness, n. /ad hee siv, ziv/, adj. 1. coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages. 2. sticking fast; sticky; clinging. 3. Physics. of or pertaining to the molecular force that exists in the …
127photoengraving — /foh toh en gray ving/, n. 1. a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing. 2. a plate so produced. 3. a print made from it. [1870 75; PHOTO + ENGRAVING] * * * Any of several processes for producing printing plates …
128solar cell — a photovoltaic cell that converts sunlight directly into electricity. * * * Any device that directly converts the energy in light into electrical energy through the process of photovoltaics (see photovoltaic effect). Solar cells do not use… …
